4、Getting Things Fixed
修理物件

Kim’s Note:
This is also a very common situation facing everyone at sometime or another in their life.

A：Mr. Jones, this is Bill, your tenant in 8C.
琼斯先生，我是比尔，你的8号C的房客。

B：Hi. What’s up? Nothing’s wrong I hope.
你好。有什么事吗？希望一切完好。

A：There are a few problems with the apartment. First, the faucet in the bathtub drips constantly.
我的房间有点毛病。首先，浴缸的水龙头老是滴水。

B：I’ll ask my plumber to come by and fix it tomorrow.
明天我让水管工来修理一下。

A：Also, one of the burners on the stove doesn’t work.
还有，炉子上有一个炉头点不着火。

B：What’s the matter with it?
是什么毛病呢？

A：I can’t control the temperature. I think you’ll have to get an electrician.
我不能控制温度。我想得派一个电工来修一下才行。

B：I’ll see what I can do. Is that everything?
我会看着办的。没有别的事了吧？

A：Well, there’s one more thing. I can’t get a dial tone on the phone; it’s dead.
还有一点。我的电话没有拨音号，完全哑了。

B：I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do about that. You’ll have to call the phone company.
对不起，这个我管不了。你得给电话公司打电话。

额外成就感

修理物件用语
broken 坏了；碎了
* The window in the bathroom is broken.
厕所里的窗户坏了。
* The lock on the front door is broken, the key won’t turn.
前门的锁坏了，钥匙转不动。
* How long has this faucet been broken?
水龙头坏了多久了？

cracked 破裂的，破碎的
* The kids broke the window; it’s cracked.
孩子们把窗户打碎了。
* That mirror cracked when they were installing it.
他们安装镜子的时候把它打碎了。

electrician 电工
* We need an electrician to fix our light switch.
我们需要一个电工来修理电灯开关。
* Be sure the electrician you hire is qualified.
要保证你雇的电工合格。

plumber 水管工人
* A plumber can fix your bathroom.
水管工人可以修你的厕所。
* Do you think you can fix it yourself or do I need to call a plumber?
你自己能修好它还是要我去叫个水管工来？